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Q&A: Madeleine Senior, Bert Rebelo, Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... managing director, Australasia for Northern Trust and Bert Rebelo is the senior vice president, head of institutional business, asset management for Australia and New Zealand for Northern Trust. Northern Trust has operated in Australia since 2007, initially ...

ARENA allocates $8.4m for Normanton Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will allocate AU$8.4 million in funding support for the construction of a 5 MW DC (4.5 MW AC) solar farm near Normanton in far North-West Queensland. Canadian Solar and Scouller Energy will jointly own ...

Global Reporting Initiative to open Manila Office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is opening an office in Manila, Philippines as part of plans to increase its presence in the ASEAN region. Michael Meehan, GRI CEO Asia Pacific is the fastest growing region for corporate responsibility reporting ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... three years out of five, which impacts on the way in which the bank finances the sector. "As people in the agriculture business, as part of the bank's agriculture department, we work on long-term sustainability," Whitehead said. "You can't have a long ...

Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a framework for business' role in sustainable development, covering issues business must manage to earn and maintain social license to operate, according to an expert in social research. Robert Boutilier ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... push them towards greater engagement with environmental and social issues. Rosemary Sainty, doctoral researcher, UTS Business School and founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact To grapple with these issues as well as understand the ...

Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Professor in Accounting and Sustainability in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His particular research interest is in environmental and sustainability ...

GRI creates GOLD Community for stakeholders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... new membership and engagement program, the GRI GOLD Community, consisting of representatives from stakeholders across business, civil society, and government. The GRI GOLD Community consists of representatives of more than 500 organisations from 69 countries ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... companies to understand their comparative levels of achievement in the important areas for sustainable and responsible business practice and providing robust guidance for where improvement might lie. It is also an international comparison, and it is ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... returns over the longer term will need to actively manage ESG and climate-related risks as a routine component of their business thinking, practices and management processes," said Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of IIGCC.